WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beads
    n 1: several beads threaded together on a string [syn: beads,
         string of beads]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

87 Moby Thesaurus words for "beads":
   Agnus Dei, Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Holy Grail, Host,
   Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal,
   aid prayer, appeal, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino,
   beadroll, beseechment, bidding prayer, breviary, candle, censer,
   chaplet, ciborium, collect, communion, contemplation, cross,
   crucifix, cruet, devotions, entreaty, eucharistial, grace,
   holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, impetration,
   imploration, incensory, intercession, invocation, litany, matzo,
   meditation, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, obsecration,
   obtestation, orison, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle, pax,
   petition, phylacteries, prayer, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx,
   relics, rogation, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics,
   sacring bell, shofar, silent prayer, suit, sukkah, supplication,
   tabernacle, tallith, thanks, thanksgiving, thurible, urceole,
   veronica, vigil light, votive candle